Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (604 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250060419 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman, authors of Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language and bloggers at Grammarphobia, on The Story of English in 100 Words“Brisk and exuberant Crystal delights in exposing all the many wacky ways we English speakers make new words.” San Francisco Chronicle on The Story of English in 100 Words. “The best word book to come down the pike in many a moon An ingenious idea, and only David Crystal could have pulled it off.” Patricia T
Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity, and commonsense. In David Crystal's Making a Point, he gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia and offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.. The triumphant concluding volume in David Crystal's classic trilogy on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide on how to use it. Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities. For a system of a few dozen marks it generates a disproportionate degree of uncertainty and passion, inspiring organizations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in a crusade against error across the United States
He is the author of The Story of English in 100 Words and Spell It Out: The Singular History of English Spelling, both published by Profile. His Stories of English is a Penguin Classic. DAVID CRYSTALis Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. . His many books range from clinical linguistics to the liturgy and Shakespeare. He lives in
Interesting book. Flash2520 I like history and grammar, so this was an interesting book for me.Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation. "Things you never knew about what you do without thinking." according to Andrew Loebelson. Perhaps too detailed for some but lots of eye-opening factoids here about what I'm doing right now, writing!. Your Book on Punctuation bookaholic This is an excellent book on English punctuation that can be enjoyed both by the general reader and professionals, like editors and proofreaders. As Crystal always does in his works, here, too, he has furnished a very readable book that compactly covers a rich subject without turning it into a tedious theory or a shallow A-Z. This is your book on English punctuation, whether you need a practical guide or are interested in the little, quint, often bizarre, stories behind punctuation marks.